Gov. Eddie Calvo proclaimed Jan. 12 as a day of mourning while funeral services took place Tuesday in Saipan for Eloy Inos, the late governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Calvo on Tuesday attended the funeral services and Mass for Inos, as well as presented his signed proclamation to the late governor’s family.

“On behalf of the people of Guam, Governor Eddie Baza Calvo and Lieutenant Governor Ray Tenorio extend their deepest condolences to the family of the late Governor Eloy Songao Inos and to our brothers and sisters in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,” the proclamation states.

Inos, 66, died Dec. 29 in a Seattle hospital.

In her weekly address released Tuesday, Speaker Judith Won Pat stated Inos would be remembered “as an active partner in the effort to deepen and secure democracy for our region.”

“Governor Inos’s devotion to ensuring the welfare of his people earned the respect and admiration of countless communities in the CNMI and throughout Micronesia,” Won Pat stated.

Soon after his death, President Obama released a statement, calling Inos “a tireless advocate” for the CNMI and its people.